Thomas hanson



i UNH@ lSfimtsy AfrnN'r @Finca THOMAS HANsoN, OF ,New YORK, N. Y.

i-AUcET` AND-vvAsTia-VALVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters"PatentfNo."235,429, dated December 14, 1880.

4 Application filed Marchl, 1850. (No model.)

To alt whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, THOMAS HANsON,of the city of New York, inthecounty and State of New York, have invented certain new andV useful Improvements in Faucets and Waste! Valves, of which`tlhe following is a specification. A Y

My invention consists in the combination of a' shell or chamber, a shaft or spindle arrangedv longitudinally therein andadapted tobe turned or Oscillated, two water-inlets extending transversely to said shell Vor chamber andeach provided with an outwardly-opening valve,.a delivery-outlet, and two camsupon said shaft or spindle, for Opening said valves, so arranged 4that the said valves in ay'be opened simultaneously or separately to permit either hot and cold water to be drawn separately or together.

It also consists in the combination, with the above, of a wastevalve, which may be operated by lifting the shaft or spindle, to allow the water to run from a basin or other article with which the faucet is used.

In the laccompanying drawings, Figure l represents a central vertical section through a device embodying my invention, and Fig. 2'

represents a horizontal section thereof upon the dotted line x fr, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures. Y

A designates the shell or chamber of the valve, preferably cylindrical in shape, and B' designates a shaft or spindle arranged concentrically within the shell or chamber, and extending upward through a stuffing-box, A', at the top thereof.

G designates the water-inlets, of which two are here represented,.and` which are arranged transversely, and, as shown, also at right angles to the sh ill or chamber A. In these water-inlets are formed valve-seats a, and b designates valves arranged to act in conjunction with said valve-seats andcontrol the iow of water from the supply-pipes into'the. shell or chamber.

' At the back of each valve is preferably arranged a spring, c, for aiding in holding it against its seat, and, as here represented, the

. Where a heavy pressure of water is used the springs c may be dispensed with, the pressure of the water being sufficient toinsure the proper action of the valves b.

v Ati the inner ends of the valves b are projections Land the shaft or spindle B is fur- -nished with cams c, which, when said shaft or spindle is turned, act upon the projections d and upon the valves b. As the projections d and the cams e have approximately at faces the .valves will be held open until the shaft or spindle `is turned by hand.

By turning or oscillating the shaft or spindle so as to open either one or both of the valves b, either hot or cold Water, or both hot and cold water, may be allowed to iiow through the delivery outlet or nozzle E and a pipe connected Ythereto into the basin or other article.

In order to dispense with the ordinary basinplug, which is liable to become detached and lost, I construct my improved device so that it regulates the flow of the waste water from the basin to which it is applied, as well as the flow of the fresh hot and cold water to the basin.

, Ashere represented, I provide the shaft or spindle B with a piston-valvehF, itted to a cylindrical portion, A2, of the shell or chamber that is bored out to receive it, and adapted to shut down upon a valve-seat, f, in the shell or chamber A.

Gr designates an outlet for the waste water from the basin, opening into the cylindrical portion A2, and H designates an outlet for the said. waste water from the shell or chamber, in the present instance leading downward from the lower end thereof. Not only can the shaft or spindle B be freely turned or oscillated to control the inflow of water to the basin, but lit may be raised to bring the lower end ofthe valve F Yabove the waste-water inlet Gr to un cover the latter, thereby affording a free coinmunication between the basin and the wasteoutlet H, leading to the sewer.

Thisform of waste-valve is very advantageous, as it forms a perfect gas-check to prevent the escape of gas from a sewer upward int-o the basin or other article.

The device here represented is intended to be concealed from View beneath a basin-slab,

and a rod is intended to be fitted to the shaft IOO or spindle B, so that it may be operated by means ofa handle located near the basin.

By my invention I furnish a simple device which is adapted to perform all the functions of the separatedevices isolated from each other which have hitherto been employed, and it enables wash-basins to be iitted up and connected at less expense.

The overiiowpipe from the basin may be carried downward and connected to the pipe leading from the nozzle or outlet II below the valve; but in this case the low of gas upward Will not be checked by the valve 1 It will be observed that the water which i Hows out from the basin and enters the faucet or valve when the valve F is raised so as to l uncover the opening` (if cannot tiow above the l valve F into the portion otthe shell or chainl ber into which the clean water enters, and i that the clean water cannot ilow into the basin l through the waste-water inlet (j. This prel vents the clean water from becoming.; contant inated by contact with the waste water.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters latent, is

1. The combination of a shell or chamber, i a shaft or spindle arranged longitudinally l therein and adapted to be turned or oscillated, two water-inlets extending transversely to said shell or chamber, and each provided with an outwardly-opening valve, and two cams on said shaft or spindle for opening said valves, so arranged that said valves maybe opened siinultaneouslyor separately to permit hot and cold water to be drawn separately or together, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the shell or chamber A, haviingr two inlets, C, and an outlet, E, for fresh water, and outwardly-opening valves b in said inlets,and also having an inlet, G,and an outlet, II,t`or waste water, the shaft or spindle B, adapted to be oscillated, and provided with two cams, e, so arranged that the inletvalves may be opened separately or together, and the waste-valve F, attached to said shaft or spindle and adapted to be raised by said shalt or spindle, to afford communication be tween the waste-water inlet G and outlet H, substantially as specified.

THOMAS HANSON. 'itnesses:

li. l. Jnssur, THOMAS E. BIRCH. 

